Exposed the mystery of Zhang Yan, senior executive vice president of Mercedes-Benz Sales Company: did not disclose academic qualifications and graduate schools

Operator Finance Network Wan Huan Xi / Wen

Recently, Zhang Yan, the current senior executive vice president of Mercedes-Benz Sales Company, accepted an interview with the media on behalf of Mercedes-Benz, and Zhang Yan once again appeared in the public eye in this public form. Operator finance network is also trying to reveal the secret.

In fact, before Zhang Yan took office, he was a relatively low-key person, and the media also commented on Zhang Yan, thinking that he was a person who did not argue or grab. So, what did Zhang Yan experience before?

It is understood that Zhang Yan did not work in Mercedes-Benz Automobile before, and in the three years before 2007, Zhang Yan was responsible for sales and joint venture project promotion in Changan Ford and Volvo China (Commercial).

Specifically, public information shows that Zhang Yan worked for Changan Ford from 2004 to 2006 and was responsible for sales regional management;

From 2006 to 2007, Zhang Yan worked at Volvo China (Commercial) and was responsible for the promotion of joint venture projects.

In 2007, Zhang Yan joined Beijing Benz Automobile Co., Ltd., where he was responsible for sales management in the North District.

In 2013, Zhang Yan went to work as the sales management director of Mercedes-Benz Sales Company. Five years later, Zhang Yan was promoted to senior executive vice president of Mercedes-Benz Sales, and is still on the job today.

However, Zhang Yan's resume before working for Changan Ford could not be found, and his academic qualifications and graduation institutions were never announced.

Here you can understand the background of The Mercedes-Benz sales company before Zhang Yan took office.

In 2017, Zhang Yan had not yet served as the senior executive vice president of Mercedes-Benz Sales, when Mercedes-Benz's performance had actually won the top spot in China's luxury car market with 610965 sales per year.

In front of it is the glorious achievements laid by the predecessors, at this prestigious juncture, Zhang Yan took office, and the pressure can be imagined.

However, Zhang Yan lived up to expectations, and during his tenure, the performance of the Mercedes-Benz sales company was also quite resistant.

In 2018, the overall downward trend of the automotive industry has been determined, but Mercedes-Benz still ranks second after Audi with annual sales of 185,000 units.

In the next two years, Zhang Yan's performance is still remarkable in the industry.

Ni Kai, who was the president and CEO of Mercedes-Benz Sales at the time, once commented on Zhang Yan, who believed that Zhang Yan had keen market insight and rich management experience.

And Zhang Yan is not worthy of the name, can take Mercedes-Benz in the industry downturn, play such a result, Zhang Yan's business ability can also be seen.

However, zhang Yan, as one of the core leaders of Mercedes-Benz sales companies, also needs to solve other conspicuous problems of Mercedes-Benz, such as the controversial product wind evaluation.

After all, Zhang Yan is also the chairman of Mercedes-Benz's Star Wish Fund, and if the product wind evaluation is frequently criticized, it will also affect many of his related work.